Three-time world champion Brian Viloria (30-3, 16 KOs) defends his WBO flyweight belt against two-time champion, Omar Nino Romero (31-4-2, 13 KOs) on Sunday, May 13 from the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The fight, along with a co-feature of Julio Cesar Miranda (37-6-1, 29 KOs) and Rodel Mayol (30-5-2, 22 KOs), will be shown live in the United … [Read more...]
Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam and Max Bursak face off in France, Friday May 4
Hassan N’Dam N’Jikam (26-0, 17 KOs) and Max Bursak (24-0-1, 10 KOs) will face off in a battle of middleweights on Friday, May 4 at the Palais de Sport Marcel Cerdan in Hauts-de-Seine, France. The WBO has sanctioned this fight to be for its “Interim” middleweight title, and the winner may eventually be forced to unify the title with current WBO World Title holder, Dmitry Pirog. … [Read more...]
Dmitry Pirog defends his title against Nobuhiro Ishida on Tuesday, May 1
WBO middleweight titlist, Dmitry Pirog (19-0, 15 KOs) will defend his title against former jr. middleweight contender, Nobuhiro Ishida on Tuesday, May 1 at the Sport Complex Krylatskoe in Moscow, Russia. Pirog was an unknown commodity, with his flagship win coming against Kofi Jantuah, until he was pitted against the expected successor of the vacant WBO middleweight title, … [Read more...]
Omar Narvaez drops back to super flyweight to defend his title against Jose Cabrera
Following his lackluster performance against former bantamweight kingpin Nonito Donaire last October, Omar Narvaez (35-1-2, 19 KOs) returns to the super flyweight division to defend his WBO title against 25-year-old Jose Cabrera (20-2-2, 8 KOs) in San Juan, Argentina on Saturday night. Narvaez, from Cordoba, Argentina, is a two-division champion with long, dominant reigns … [Read more...]
WBO Promotes Ricky Burns to World Champion as Marquez Steps Down
In a statement on their website, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) has officially removed Juan Manuel Marquez as its lightweight World Champion and promoted Scotland’s Ricky Burns from Interim Champion to World Champion. Marquez, who won the vacant title (along with the vacant WBA lightweight title) against Juan Diaz in 2009, agreed to vacate his lightweight title and move … [Read more...]